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CONSTITUTION 

AND 

CANONS 

TOGETHER    WITH    THE 

RULES  OF  ORDER 

OF  THE 


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fail  |Fii8ri|il  §|ifc|.; 


-IN  THE- 


Diocese  of  East  Carolina. 


ADOPTED  BY  THE 

CONVENTION  OF  1886 

AND 

PUBLISHED     BY    ITS    ORDER 


WILMINGTON,  N.  C.  : 

WM.    L.    DEROSSET,   JR.,    PRINTER   AND   BINDER. 
1886. 


lonaliluHnn. 


ARTICLE  I. 

This  Diocese  as  established  by  the  Sixty-seventh  Conven- 
tion of  the  Diocese  of  North  Carolina,  in  May,  1883,  at  Char- 
lotte, embracing  all  that  portion  of  the  territory  of  the  State 
of  North  Carolina  which  inclndes  the  connties  of  Hertford, 
Bertie,  Martin,  Pitt,  Greene,  Wayne,  Sampson,  Cumberland, 
and  Robeson,  and  all  the  connties  lying  between  these  conn- 
ties  and  the  x'ltlantic  Ocean,  shall  be  known  as  the  Diocese 
of  East  Carolina. 

ARTICLE  11. 

The  Church  in  this  Diocese  accedes  to  the  Constitution  of 
that  branch  of  the  Holy  Catholic  Church  known  as  the 
Protestant  Episcopal  Church  in  the  United  States  of  Amexica, 
and  recognizes  the  authority  of  the  General  Convention 
thereof. 

ARTICLE  III. 

Section  i.  For  the  purpose  of  receiving  reports  and  other 
information  as  to  the  condition  and  progress  of  the  Church  in 
this  Diocese,  and  of  consulting  upon  such  measures,  and  en- 
abling such  laws  as  may  seem  good  for  its  welfare  and  gov- 
ernment, there  shall  be  an  Annual  Council  to  meet  within 
the  Diocese  at  such  time  and  place  as  may  be  determined  by 


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Constitution,  [Mav 


the  next  preceding  Council,  or  in  the  event  of  no  such  deter- 
mination, on  the  third  Wednesday  in  May,  at  such  place  as 
may  be  agreed  upon  by  the  Bishop  and  Standing  Committee, 
or  appointed  by  the  Standing  Committee  in  case  of  the  disa- 
bility of  the  Bishop,  or  a  vacancy  in  his  office. 

Section  2.  But  the  time  or  place  of  such  meeting  may  be 
changed,  or  Special  Councils  may  be  called  by  the  Bishop 
and  Standing  Committee,  or  by  the  Standing  Committee  in 
case  of  disability  or  vacancy  as  provided  in  the  preceding  sec- 
tion, subject,  nevertheless,  to  such  Canonical  provisions 
as  may  hereafter  be  made;  pTovided^  that  no  Special  Council 
shall  be  called  without  at  least  sixty  days'  notice,  which 
notice  shall  be  published  for  at  least  one  month  in  three  dif- 
ferent newspapers  in  this  Diocese,  and  shall  specify  the  busi- 
ness and  purpose  for  which  said  Special  Council  is  to  be  held; 
and  no  other  business  shall  be  proposed  or  adled  upon  except 
by  a  vote  of  two  thirds  of  both  Orders. 

ARTICLE  IV. 

Section  i.  The  Council  shall  be  composed  of  the  two 
Orders — Clerical  and  Lay.  The  Bishop  of  the  Diocese,  or  in 
his  absence  the  Bishop  in  charge  as  representing  the  Episco- 
pal Authorit}',  shall,  if  present,  preside  at  all  meetings  of  the 
Council. 

Section  2.  Every  Clergyman  of  the  Church,  having  been 
Canonically  conne6led  with  and  resident  within  the  Diocese 
for  tJiree  months  preceding  any  meeting  of  the  Council,  in- 
cluding such  portion  of  the  time  as  he  may  have  been  a  can- 
didate for  Orders,  shall  be  entitled  to  a  seat  and  vote  in  the 
Council,  except  in  the  ele(5lion  of  a  Bishop,  in  which  case 
such,conne6lion  and  residence  must  have  been  for  twelve 
mouths  to  entitle  him  to  a  vote;  provided^  that  the  restridlion 


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ISSJ.]  Constitution. 


as  above  in  regard  to  residence  shall  not  apply  to  professors, 
tutors  or  students  in  the  General  Theological  Seminary,  or  in 
any  University  or  College  maintained  or  governed  in  part  by 
this  Diocese,  or  to  officers  of  the  General  Missionary  Board 
of  the  Church,  or  to  Chaplains  in  the  Army  or  Navy. 

Section  3.  Each  regularly  organized  Parish  within  the 
Diocese  shall  be  entitled  to  be  represented  by  one  or  more  Lay 
Delegates,  not  exceeding y^z/r,  chosen  by  the  vestry  from  the 
male  communicants  of  the  parish:  and  in  case  of  any  parish 
having  no  male  communicants,  the  Vestry  may  ele(5l  one  or 
more  delegates,  duly  qualified  as  above,  from  any  other  parish 
or  parishes  of  the  Diocese:  provided^  that  no  person  shall  be 
allowed  to  represent  more  than  one  parish  in  the  same  meet- 
ing of  the  Council.  No  person.  Clerical  or  Lay,  under  Eccle- 
siastical censure,  publicly  declared  by  a  competent  tribunal, 
shall  be  admissible  to  a  seat  in  the  Council. 

Section  4.  It  shall  be  lawful  for  the  Council  to  exclude  or 
suspend  from  Lay  representation  any  Parish  negledling  or 
refusing  to  appoint  delegates  to  the  Council  for  two  successive 
years,  or  negledling  or  refusing  to  comply  with  any  lawful 
requirement  of  the  Council ;  provided^  that  a  vote  of  a  majority 
of  all  the  Clergy  entitled  to  seats,  and  a  majority  of  all  the 
Parishes  entitled  to  representation  shall  be  required  for  such 
exclusion  or  siispension. 

Section  5.  If  any  Parish  shall  negle(5l  or  decline  to  appoint 
Lay  Delegates,  or  shall  have  been  excluded  or  suspended  from 
the  right  of  doing  so  by  the  Council,  or  if  any  or  all  those 
appointed  shall  not  be  present,  such  Parish  shall  nevertheless 
be  bound  by  the  adls  of  the  Council. 

ARTICLE  V. 
Section   i.  The   Council  shall  be  the  sole  judge  of  the 


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Constitution.  [May 


ele6lion  and  qualification  of  its  own  members.  It  shall  have 
power  to  adopt  Rules  of  Order  for  its  own  government,  ele(5l 
officers  and  raise  funds,  and  shall  have  such  other  legislative 
powers  as  may  be  necessary  and  proper  for  the  well-being  of 
the  Diocese. 

Section  2.  The  Council  shall  have  no  power  to  pass  any 
Canon  infringing  the  Episcopal  Authority,  but  may  adopt 
resolutions  of  advice  or  enquiry,  or  institute  any  proceedings 
deemed  necessary  for  the  purpose  of  impeachment  of  the  Bishop. 

ARTICLE  VI. 

To  constitute  a  quorum  for  the  purpose  of  ordinary  busi- 
ness the  presence  of  one-third  of  all  the  Parochial  Clergy  and 
of  delegates  from  seven  of  the  Parishes  entitled  to  representa- 
tion in  the  Council  shall  be  necessary.  Any  less  number 
shall  be  competent  to  receive  reports  and  to  adjourn. 

ARTICLE  VIL 

Section  i.  Upon  any  question  before  the  Council,  when 
it  may  be  required  by  any  one  Clerical  member,  or  by  the 
delegation  present  of  any  one  Parish,  the  two  Orders  shall 
vote  separately  And  in  all  cases  of  a  vote  by  Orders,  each 
C\e?icp^i  member  shall  be  entitled  to  one  vote,  and  each  dele- 
gation shall  also  be  entitled  to  one  vote,  and  a  concurrence  of 
majorities  of  both  Orders  shall  be  necessary  to  a  decision. 
When  no  such  division  is  called  for,  each  member  of  the 
Council  shall  be  entitled  to  one  vote. 

Section  2.  All  elecftions  shall  be  by  ballot,  unless  other- 
wise unanimously  ordered 

ARTICLE  VIIL 

Section  i.   The  Council  shall  annuallv  ele6l  a  President 


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(who  shall  be  a  Presbyter  of  the  Diocese),  a  Secretary  and  a 
Treasurer. 

Section  2.  Should  there  at  any  time  be  no  such  eledlion 
then  the  officers  last  before  eledled  shall  hold  over  till  such 
elec^tion  shall  be  had. 

Section  3.  Should  the  office  of  Secretary  or  that  of  Treas- 
urer become  vacant  at  any  time  preceding  the  annual  eledlion, 
the  Ecclesiastical  Authority  shall  be  empowered  to  fill  the 
vacancy  till  such  time  as  an  eledlion  shall  be  had. 

ARTICLE  IX. 

Section  i.  A  Standing  Committee  to  consist  of  3  Clergy- 
men of  the  Diocese,  and  2  Laymen  communicants  of  the 
Diocese,  shall  be  annually  elecled  by  the  Council. 

Section  2.  The  Committee  shall  have  power  to  fill  any 
vacancy  that  may  occur  in  their  owu  body  between  the  annual 
meetings  of  the  Council. 

Section  3.  When  there  is  no  Bishop  the  Standing  Com- 
mittee shall  be  the  Ecclesiastical  Authority  of  the  Diocese, 
and,  as  such,  may  invite  the  temporary  services  of  other 
Bishops,  and,  for  due  cause,  may  change  the  time  or  place  of 
the  annual  meetings  of  the  Council ;  and  they  may  also  sum- 
mon special  Councils,  and  shall  do  so  upon  the  call  of  one- 
third  of  the  Clergy  of  the  Diocese,  or  of  one-third  of  the 
Parishes  in  union  with  the  Council,  as  appearing  upon  the 
lists  of  the  Journal  last  before  published.  And  although 
there  be  a  Bishop,  the  Standing  Committee  shall  have  power 
to  call  special  Councils  for  the  purpose  of  proceedings  rela- 
tive to  his  impeachment,  and  shall  do  so  upon  a  similar  requi- 
sition by  the  Clergy  or  Laity. 

ARTICLE  X. 

Section  i.   Any  ten  or  more  baptized  adults  may  organize 


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Constitution.  [May" 


themselves  into  a  Parish,  and  be  received  into  union  with 
the  Council,  by  taking  such  steps  as  may  be  provided  for  by 
Canon. 

Section  2.  The  Bishop  of  the  Diocese  may,  with  the  writ- 
ten consent  of  the  Redlor  of  any  Parish  (a  copy  of  which 
shall  be  filed  with  the  Registrar  of  the  Diocese),  establish, 
within  the  limits  of  such  Parish,  Missionary  congregations, 
whose  Ministers  shall  be  independent  of  the  Redlor  and 
responsible  to  the  Ecclesiastical  Authority  only;  provided^ 
that,  with  the  advice  and  consent  of  the  Standing  Committee, 
the  Bishop  shall  have  the  power  to  establish  such  independent 
Missionary  congregations  without  the  consent  of  the  Redlor. 

Section  3.  In  all  Parochial  ele6lions  none  shall  be  entitled 
to  vote  but  baptized  males  of  the  age  of  twenty-one  years, 
members  of  the  Parish,  who  shall  have  subscribed  a  declara- 
tion in  the  following  words,  viz: 

"We,  the  undersigned,  do  hereby  consent  to  be  governed  by 
the  Constitution  and  Canons  of  the  Church,  as  set  forth  in 
the  General  Convention,  and  by  the  Constitution  and  Canons 
of  the  Church  in  this  Diocese." 

Provided^  that  this  se(5lion  shall  not  be  taken  to  infringe 
upon  the  chartered  rights  or  existing  customs  of  any  Parish 
established  previous  to  the  year  1859. 

ARTICLE  XL 

Section  i.  Any  Presbyter  regularly  called  to  the  charge 
of  a  Parish  and  entering  thereupon  shall,  during  the  time  of 
such  charge,  be  held  to  be  the  Redlor  of  said  Parish. 

Section  2.  The  Redlor  is  recognized  as  having,  by  virtue 
of  his  office,  the  exclusive  regulation,  under  his  Canonical 
superiors,  of  all  the  spiritual  concerns  of  the  Parish;  as  being 
entitled  at  all  times  to  have  access  to  the   Church  building 


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DIOCESE   OF   EAST   CAROLINA. 


1886!]  Constitution. 


and  to  open  the  same  for  the  services  or  instruction  of  this 
Church  as  he  may  deem  proper;  to  call  meetings  of  the  Vestry 
or  congregation,  when  present  to  preside  in  the  same,  and,  in 
case  of  a  tie,  to  give  the  casting  vote. 

ARTICLE  XII. 

The  Council  shall  pass  Canons  for  the  trial  of  Clergymen. 

ARTICLE  XIII. 

When  a  Bishop  is  to  be  elected,  the  Council  shall  vote,  by 
Orders,  on  this  wise:  The  Clergy,  by  a  majority  of  all  in 
the  Diocese  entitled  to  seats  in  the  Council,  shall  make  a 
nomination  by  ballot  for  the  office;  and  then  a  concurrence, 
by  ballot,  of  a  majority  of  the  Parishes  represented,  shall  be 
necessary  to  complete  the  election;  provided^  the  number  of 
Parishes  voting  shall  not  be  less  than  twenty. 

ARTICLE  XIV. 

No  new  Canon  shall  be  passed,  nor  shall  any  existing 
Canon  be  amended,  upon  the  day  upon  which  said  new  Canon 
or  amendment  may  be  proposed,  without  unanimous  consent. 
Nor,  without  a  similar  consent,  shall  the  question  upon  the 
passage  of  such  Canon  or  amendment  be  finally  put  without 
previous  reference  to  a  committee. 

ARTICLE  XV. 

Section  i.  This  Constitution  shall  not  be  altered  or 
amended  without — 

First.  A  concurrent  vote  of  a  majority  of  both  orders 
present  at  one  Annual  Council  proposing  said  alteration. 

Second.  The  adoption  of  the  proposed  alteration  or  amend- 
ment, at  the  next  ensuing  Annual  Council,  by  a  majority  of 


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Constitution.  [Mav 


all  the  Clergy  entitled  to  seats  in  the  Council,  and  a  majority 
of  the  Parishes  represented;  provided^  that  the  number  of 
Parishes  voting  shall  not  be  less  than  fifteen. 

Section  2.  Provided,  that  the  consideration  of  the  pro- 
posed amendment  may  always  be  postponed  to  the  next  An- 
nual Council  by  a  vote  of  two-thirds  of  both  orders  present. 

ARTICLE  XVI. 

All  Constitutional  enadlments  shall  take  etFe6l  from  and 
after  the  adjournment  of  the  Council  at  which  they  shall  have 
been  ratified. 


DIOCESE   OF   EAST  CAROLINA.  II 


!«80. 1  Canons. 


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CANON  L 

LIST  OF  MEMBERS  OF  THE  COUNCIL. 

Sec.  I. — Clergy. — It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  Secretary, 
before  the  opening  of  the  Annual  Council,  to  apply  to  the 
Ecclesiastical  Authority  for  a  correal  list  of  the  Clergy  enti- 
tled to  seats.  Such  list  shall  he:  prima  fade  evidence  of  said 
title,  and  from  it  the  Secretary  shall  prepare  the  roll  for  the 
purpose  of  organization. 

Sec.  2. — Laity. — The  Secretaries  of  the  several  Parish 
Vestries  electing  Lay  Delegates  to  the  Council  shall  furnish 
three  certificates  of  said  eledlion,  whereof  one  shall  be  handed 
to  the  Delegates  eledl,  one  shall  be  forwarded  to  the  Secre- 
tary of  the  Council,  and  one  to  the  minister  of  the  Parish 
where  the  Council  is  to  be"  held,  the  latter  two  to  be  mailed  at 
least  two  weeks  before  the  time  appointed  for  the  opening  of 
the  session.  From  these  certificates  the  Secretary  shall  pre- 
pare a  list  of  Lay  Delegates  to  be  called  at  the  opening  of  the 
Council  ;  and  shall  insert  no  name  upon  the  roll  without  the 
evidence  of  one  of  said  certificates,  unless  specially  directed 
by  the  Council.  Defe6live  or  doubtful  certificates  shall  be 
laid  aside  to  be  adled  upon  after  the  Council  shall  have  been 
organized. 


12  DIOCESE   OF   EAST  CAROLIlsrA, 


Canons.  [May 


CANON  II. 

-SERVICES. 

At  the  opening  of  each  annual  or  special  meeting-  of  the 
Council,  Morning  Prayer  shall  be  said  and  the  Holy  Commu- 
nion administered,  and  there  shall  be  a  sermon  by  a  Clergy- 
man appointed  for  the  purpose  by  the  Ecclesiastical  Authori- 
ty of  the  Diocese. 

A 

CANON  III. 

RULES  OF  ORDER. 

The  Council  shall  adopt  Rules  of  Order,  which  shall  con- 
tinue in  force  until  altered. 

CANON  IV. 

PRESIDENT. 

In  absence  of  a  Bishop  competent  to  preside,  as  provided 
in  Article  IV,  Sedlion  i  of  the  Constitution,  the  chair  shall 
be  occupied  by  the  President  of  the  Council. 

CANON  V. 

SECRETARY. 

Sec.  I.  The  Secretary  shall  issue  notices  of  all  meetings 
of  the  Council  under  dire(5lion  of  the  Ecclesiastical  Author- 
ity. He  shall  prepare  the  Canonical  Eist  of  the  Clergy 
and  Lay  Delegates  entitled  to  seats  therein.  In  the  ab- 
sence of  both  Bishop  and  President  he  shall  call  the  Coun- 
cil to  order  for  the  purpose  of  organization.  He  shall 
keep  a  record  of  its  proceedings,  under  its  direction,  in  a 
suitable  book  to  be  kept  for  that  purpose  and  shall  also  be 
Registrar  of  the  Diocese. 


DIOCESE   OF   EAST  CAROLINA.  1 3 

188U.  Canons. 

Sec.  2  He  shall  prepare  and  issue  the  Journals  as  may 
from  time  to  time  be  directed  by  the  Council,  and  shall  pre- 
serve thirty  copies  of  the  same  for  the  use  of  the  members  of 
the  next  succeeding  Council  together  with  such  other  papers 
in  his  keeping  as  he  may  think  likely  to  be  required  for 
reference. 

Sec.  3.  He  is  hereby  authorized  to  draw  upon  the  Treas- 
urer for  the  amount  of  expenses  necessarily  incurred  from 
time  to   time  in  discharging   the  duties  prescribed  by  this 

Canon. 

CANON  VI. 

TREASURER. 
The  Treasurer  shall  have  custody  of  all  funds  or  monies 
belonging  to  the  Diocese;  shall,  under  the  direction  of 
of  the  Council,  receive,  invest  and  disburse  the  same,  and 
shall  keep  and  return  an  account  thereof  to  each  annual 
meeting;  and  shall  also  report  annually  a  complete  list  of  all 
securities  belonging  to  the  Diocese.  He  shall  give  bond  for 
the  faithful  discharge  of  his  duties,  in  such  sum  as  the  Trus- 
tees of  the  Diocese  may  from  time  to  time  designate,  such 
bond  to  be  approved  by  and  deposited  with  the  Trustees  of 

the  Diocese. 

CANON  VII. 

committees. 

Sec.  I.  The  following  shall  be  the  Regular  Committees 
of  the  Council,  to-wit: 

[i] — Pertnanent  Committees. — In  addition  to  the  Standing 
Committee,  there  shall  be  annually  eledled  the  following 
Committees,  viz:  An  Executive  Missionary  Committee  to 
consist  of  five;  a  Students'  Aid,  and  a  Church  Building 
Committee,  to  consist  each  of  three  persons;  and  the  Bishop 
shall  be  ex  officio  Chairman  of  said  committees. 


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[May 


[2]  A  Committee  on  Canons,  to  consist  of  three  clergymen 
and  two  laymen,  and  a  Committee  on  Finance,  to  consist  of 
two  clergymen  and  three  laymen,  shall  be  annually  appointed 
by  the  Bishop,  or,  in  his  absence,  by  the  President  of  the 
Council,  after  opportunity  has  been  given  for  presenting  re- 
ports by  those  appointed  at  the  previous  annual  meeting — not 
later  than  during  the  morning  session  of  the  second  day. 

[3]  All  permanent  committees  shall  remain  in  office  until 
their  successors  are  appointed  or  eledled. 

[4] — Other  CoTnuiittees. — The  following  committees  shall 
be  annually  appointed  by  the  Bishop,  or,  in  his  absence,  by 
the  President,  as  soon  as  may  be  after  opening  of  the  Council 
viz.  On  Credentials,  On  New  Parishes,  and  On  Unfinished 
Business,  to  consist  each  of  one  clergyman  and  two  laymen, 
and  On  the  State  of  the  Church,  to  consist  of  three  clergy- 
men and  two  laymen. 

Sec.  2. — Standing  Committee. — The  Standing  Committee 
shall  ele6l  a  President  and  Secretary  from  their  own 
body.  They  shall  assemble  upon  the  call  of  their  President 
whenever  he  may  deem  it  necessary.  He  shall  also  summon 
them  whenever  required  to  do  so  by  the  Bishop,  or  by  any 
three  members  of  the  Committee.  In  the  event  of  vacancy 
in  the  Episcopate,  the  President  shall  call  a  meeting  within 
thirty  days  after  knowledge  of  the  fa6l.  The  Standing  Com- 
mittee shall  hold  meetings  for  the  transaction  of  business  on 
the  third  Wednesday  preceding  the  stated  times  of  ordina- 
tion, and  at  each  Council ;  Provided.^  that  the  committee  shall 
not  be  required  to  meet  except  upon  notice  by  the  President. 
They  shall  also  report  to  the  annual  meetings  of  the  Council 
their  transactions  of  the  preceding  year.  A  record  of  all  their 
official  a(5ls  shall  be  kept  by  their  Secretary,  which  shall 
always  be  open  to  the  inspedlion  of  the  Bishop  and  of  the 
Council. 


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1886.]  Canons. 


Sec.  3. — Executive  Missionary  Committee. — The  Execu- 
tive Missionary  Committee  shall  have  in  charge  the  Current 
Missionary  Funds  of  the  Diocese,  for  which  they  shall  be  em- 
powered to  draw  upon  its  Treasurer,  the  order  of  their  Chair- 
man being  the  Treasurer's  warrant.  They  shall  receive  ap- 
plications for  aid  ;  they  shall  report  annually  to  the  Council 
their  transactions  during  the  previous  year,  and  the  condition 
of  the  missionary  field,  and  shall  make  such  recommenda- 
tions for  the  future  as  may  seem  to  them  good.  Under  the 
direction  of  the  Bishop — if  there  be  one — they  shall  select  the 
Missionaries  or  Missionary  Stations  to  be  aided,  and  in  the 
absence  of  specific  diredlions  by  the  Council,  shall  make 
such  appropriations  to  the  same  as  may  seem  to  them  suita- 
ble. With  the  consent  of  the  Bishop,  they  may  appropriate 
monies  to  Convocations,  instead  of  individuals  ;  and  may 
leave  to  these  Convocations,  under  the  direction  of  the  Bishop, 
the  sele6lion  of  Missionaries  or  Missionary  Stations  to  be 
aided. 

Src.  4. — Students''  Aid  Committee — The  Committee  shall 
have  charge  of  the  Current  Students'  Aid  Fund  of  the  Diocese, 
with  power,  in  the  absence  of  express  provisions  to  the  con- 
trary, to  appropriate  the  same  as  may  seem  to  them  best. 
They  shall  be  empowered  to  draw  upon  the  Treasurer  of  the 
Diocese  for  all  such  funds  in  his  hands,  and  the  order  of  their 
chairman  shall  be  his  warrant.  They  shall  receive,  consider 
and  a6l  upon  all  applications  for  aid  in  behalf  of  young  men 
desirous  to  enter  the  Ministry  of  the  Church,  They  are 
hereby  directed  to  seek  out  such  cases,  and,  if  need  be,  bring 
them  to  the  notice  of  the  Church  in  any  way  that  may  seem 
best.  They  shall  report  annually  to  the  Council  their  trans- 
actions of  the  preceding  year,  and  the  condition  of  the  fund 
under  their  control,  and  shall  make  such  recommendations 
for  the  future  as  may  seem  to  them  good. 


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Canons.  [May. 


Sec.  5. — Church  Buildiitg  Committee. — The  Church  Build- 
ing Committee  shall  have  charge  of  all  current  funds  contrib- 
uted in  the  Diocese  for  the  purpose  of  aiding  feeble  congrega- 
tions within  the  Diocese  in  building  or  repairing  churches, 
with  power  to  appropriate  the  same  as  may  seem  to  them 
best ;  provided^  that  there  shall  be  no  appropriation  of  the 
funds  of  this  committee  towards  any  building  not  secured  to 
the  sole  use  of  the  Protestant  Episcopal  Church  in  the  Diocese 
of  East  Carolina.  The  Committee  shall  be  empowered  to 
draw  upon  the  Treasurer  of  the  Diocese  for  such  funds  as  he 
may  have  received  for  church  building;  and  the  order  of  their 
chairman  shall  be  his  warrant.  They  shall  report  annually 
to  the  Council  their  transadlions  of  the  preceding  year,  and 
the  condition  of  the  fund  under  their  control,  and  shall  make 
such  recommendations  for  the  future  as  may  seem  to  them 
good. 

Sec.  6. — Committee  on  Canons. — The  Committee  on  Canons 
shall  receive,  consider  and  present  to  the  Council  all  motions 
or  resolutions  pertaining  to  the  Constitution,  Canons  and 
Rules  of  Order,  and  are  competent  to  originate  any  new  mat- 
ter, touching  these  subjects,  that  they  shall  see  proper. 

The  Committee  on  Canons  may  report  to  the  Council  at 
which  they  are  appointed^%ot  later  than  the  second  day  of 
the  next  succeeding  Council  unless  otherwise  instructed. 

Sec.  7. — Committee  on  the  State  of  the  Church. — It  shall 
be  the  duty  of  the  Committee  on  the  State  of  the  Church, 
from  such  materials  as  may  be  placed  before  them,  to  report 
to  the  Council,  at  some  time  during  its  session,  the  condition 
of  the  Diocese,  with  such  particular  statements,  or  such  re- 
commendations, as  may  seem  to  them  desirable. 

Sec.  8. — Committee  on  Finance. — The  Committee  on  Fi- 
nance shall  audit  the  Treasurer's  accounts.     They  shall  have 


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1886.  Canons. 


power  to  report  a  scale  of  assessments  for  the  purpose  of  rais- 
ing funds  required  for  Diocesan  purposes^  they  may  receive 
applications  for  the  alteration  of  said  scale,  and  shall  have 
power  to  modify  the  same  for  the  current  year,  reporting  all 
such  applications  and  their  action  thereon  to  the  Council. 
They  shall  report  to  each  Council  the  general  condition  of 
the  several  funds  of  the  Diocese,  with  such  deficits  in  the  as- 
sessments as  nia}'  be  discovered.  They  may  make  such  re- 
commendations as  may  seem  to  them  desirable,  aud  shall  a6l 
upon  all  other  matters  relative  to  Diocesan  property  commit- 
ted to  them  by  the  Council, 

CANON  VIII. 

DEPUTIES  TO  THE  GENERAL  CONVENTION. 

At  each  Annual  Council  there  may,  and  at  each  Annual 
Council  immediately  preceding  the  triennial  session  of  the 
General  Convention  there  shall  be  eledled  four  clerical  and 
four  lay  deputies  to  the  said  General  Convention,  who  shall 
be,  in  accordance  with  Article  II.  of  the  Constitution  of  the 
General  Convention,  "Communicants  in  this  Church  and 
residents  in  the  Diocese."  There  may  also  be  eledled  four 
alternate  clerical  and  four  alternate  lay  deputies,  subject  to 
the  same  provisions  as  the  original  deputies  above  mentioned. 
The  said  alternate  deputies  shall  succeed  to  vacancies  in  the 
original  deputation  in  the  order  of  their  ele6lion  as  indicated 
by  the  number  of  votes  cast  for  each,  and  in  case  of  the  same 
number  of  votes  having  been  cast  for  two  or  more  in  either 
order,  precedence  shall  be  given  to  the  clerical  alternates  in 
the  order  of  official^  and  to  the  lay  alternates  in  the  order  of 
personal  s&xviox\\.y\  and  the  Secretary  shall  insert  the  names 
of  the  alternates  in  this  order  upon  the  Journal. 


DIOCESE  OF  EAST  CAROLINA. 


[Mav 


Deputies  eledl  to  the  General  Convention,  finding  them- 
selves unable  to  attend,  shall,  four  weeks  at  least  before  the 
time  of  meeting,  give  notice  to  the  first  alternate  of  the  same 
order.  Should  said  alternate  be  unable  to  attend  he  shall 
give  immediate  notice  to  the  next  upon  the  list  of  the  same 
order  with  himself.  Should  either  of  said  alternates  receive 
two  or  more  of  such  notices,  he  shall,  according  to  the  cir- 
cumstances, transmit  said  notices  to  one  or  more  of  the  alter- 
nates who  follow  him,  and  in  the  order  in  which  they  come.  Ji- 

CANON  IX. 

TRUSTEES  OF  THE  UNIVERSITY  OF  THE  SOUTH. 

Sec.  I.  There  shall  be  ele(fted  by  the  Council  at  such 
intervals  as  are  or  may  be  required  by  the  Constitution  or 
Statutes  of  the  University  of  the  South,  one  Presbyter  and 
two  Laymen,  as  members  of  the  Board  of  Trustees  of  that 
Institution  on  the  part  of  this  Diocese. 

Sec.  2.  The  said  members  shall  annually  report  to  the 
Council  the  condition  and  progress  of  the  University,  with 
such  particulars  in  regard  to  the  various  departments  as  they 
may  deem  necessary  to  inform  the  people  of  the  Diocese  as 
to  the  literary,  moral  and  spiritual  value  of  the  work  of  that 
Institution  and  its  claims  upon  them  for  patronage  and  sup- 
port. 

Sec.  3.  In  case  of  the  death,  resignation  or  disability  of 
any  of  the  Trustees  ele6led  on  the  part  of  this  Diocese,  the 
vacancy  may  be  filled  by  the  Ecclesiastical  Authority  until  an 
eledlion  for  that  purpose  shall  be  made  by  a  succeeding 
Council. 

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1886.]  Canons. 

CANON  X. 

TRUSTEES  OF  THE  DIOCESE. 

Sec.  I.  The  Bishop,  or  when  there  is  no  Bishop,  the 
President  of  the  Standing-  Committee  shall,  ex  officio^  with 
two  laymen  to  be  annually  eledled  by  the  Council — and  to 
remain  in  office  until  their  successors  may  be  appointed — con- 
stitute a  Board  of  Trustees  for  the  Church  in  this  Diocese, 
and  shall  b6  authorized  to  hold  the  property  of  the  Diocese 
not  othenvise  provided  for.  In  absence  of  instru6lions  by 
the  Council  they  shall  also,  from  time  to  time,  give  directions 
to  the  Treasurer  in  regard  to  the  care  and  investment  of  the 
permanent  and  unappropriated  funds  of  the  Diocese  in  his 
hands. 

Sec.  2.  Whenever  the  title  to  real  property  in  any  Parish 
is  vested  in  the  Trustees  of  the  Diocese  for  the  benefit  of  the 
Parish  the  said  Trustees  shall  have  the  power  to  convey  said 
property  upon  the  written  request  of  the  Vestry  of  such 
Parish  if,  in  the  opinion  of  said  Trustees,  it  be  advisable  so 
to  do;  but  if,  in  their  opinion,  it  is  not  advisable  to  make  such 
conveyance,  they  shall  report  the  facts  to  the  next  Council. 

Sec.  3.  Any  vacancy  occurring  in  this  Board  by  death  or 
otherwise,  may  be  filled  by  the  Ecclesiastical  Authority. 

CANON  XL 

ORGANIZATION  OF  PARISHES  AND  MISSION  STATIONS. 

Sec,  I.  A  new  Parish  may,  upon  application,  be  ad- 
mitted into  union  with  the  Council,  if  duly  organized  ac- 
cording to  the  requirements  set  forth  in  the  following  sedlion 
of  this  Canon,  and  if,  in  the  judgment  of  the  Council  (upon 
the  favorable  report  of  a  committee  appointed  for  the  purpose 


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Canons.  [May 


of  enquiry  into  the  case),  the  Parish  gives  promise  of  such 
sufficient  strength  as  will  enable  it  permanently  to  maintain 
its  organization. 

Sec.  2.  The  requirements  for  the  organization  of  a  new- 
Parish  shall  be — 

Fu^st.  To  obtain  the  written  consent  of  the  Ecclesiastical 
Authority. 

Second.  If  within  the  limits  of  some  already  existing-  Parish 
or  Parishes,  to  obtain  the  written  consent  of  the  Re6lor  or 
Re6lors  of  said  Parishes. 

Third.  To  assume  a  suitable  name  and  ele-fl  a  Vestry,  as 
prescribed  in  Canon  XII  on  Parochial  Elections. 

Fourth.  To  provide  a  book  with  a  caption  for  the  signatures 
of  all  the  voters  in  the  Parish  consenting  to  be  governed  by 
the  Constitution  and  Canons  of  the  General  Convention  and 
of  this  Diocese,  as  diredled  in  Article  X,  Se(5lion  3  of  the 
Constitution  of  this  Diocese. 

And  every  new  Parish  applying  for  admission  into  union 
with  the  Council,  §h all-  present  satisfa6lory  evidence  that  all 
the  above  requirements  have  been  duly  complied  with. 

Sec.  3.  Any  Missionary  Station  outside  the  limits  of  an 
already  existing  Parish  may  be  organized  by  the  Bishop  at 
his  discretion. 

The  Bishop  may  appoint,  upon  the  organization  of  the 
Mission,  a  Church  Warden,  a  Clerk  and  Treasurer  (if  he 
deems  it  expedient,  combining  any  two  of  these  offices  in  one 
person)  which  officers  shall  thereafter  be  eledled  by  the  con- 
gregation annually  in  Easter  week,  after  public  notice  of  the 
eledlion  previously  given.  These  officers  shall,  as  far  as 
possible,  discharge  the  duties  belonging  to  their  respe(5live 
offices  in  regularly  incorporated  Parishes,  and  they  shall  re- 
tain their  offices  until  their  successors  are  duly  eleifled.     The 


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1886.]  Canons. 


congregation  of  any  organized  Missionary  Station,  either 
without  or  within  the  limits  of  an  already  existing  Parish, 
may  appoint  from  their  number  a  delegate  to  the  Council, 
who  shall  be  admitted  to  a  seat,  and  to  a  participation  in  its 
deliberations,  without  the  right  of  voting.  The  appoint- 
ment of  such  delegate  shall  be  certified  by  the  Clerk  of  the 
Mission. 

CANON  XII. 

.   .  PAROCHIAL   ELECTIONS. 

Sec.  I.  —  Vest7y. — Upon  Easter  Monday,  unless  some 
other  day  has  been  specified  by  the  Vestry,  each  Parish  shall 
annually  eledl  by  a  plurality  of  votes /from  among  the  bap- 
tized members  of  the  Parish  in  good  moral  standing,  a  Vestry  of 
not  less  than  three  nor  more  than  twelve  persons,  and  in  case 
of  proposed  change  in  the  number  of  the  Vestry,  then  the 
number  of  Vestrymen  to  be  eledted  shall  bo  announced  by 
resolution  of  the  Vestry  at  least  ten  days  before  the  election. 
But  in  the  event,  at  any  time,  of  an  omission  to  ele6t,  or  of 
a  refusal  of  the  Vestry  ele6l  to  serve,  the  Vestry  last  chosen 
shall  hold  over  until  another  eledlion  shall  be  held.  The 
Vestry  after  its  organization  shall  have  the  power  to  fill  any 
vacancy  which  may  occur  in  their  body. 

Sec.  2.  —  Wai^deiis. — Each  Vestry  shall  annually  ele6l  a 
Senior  and  a  Junior  Warden  from  among  their  own  number, 
the  former  upon  nomination  by  the  Redlor.  If  there  be  no 
Re(5lor  the  eledlion  shall  proceed  without  such  nomination. 

Sec.  3. — Duties  of  Wardens. — In  the  absence  of  the  Redlor 
the  Wardens  shall  preside  in  all  meetings  of  the  Vestry  or 
congregation  in  the  order  of  their  official  seniority.  As  rep- 
resentatives of  the  Vestry,  they  shall  (subje6l  to  its  directions 
and  in  consistency  with  the  rights  of  the  Re6lor)  have  charge 


22  DIOCESE   OF    EAST   CAROLINA. 


Canons.  [May 


of  the  church  building,  and  shall  see  that  it  be  kept  from  all 
secular  uses,  and  from  all  uses  inconsistent  with  the  doctrines 
or  discipline  of  the  Protestant  Episcopal  Church ;  and,  so  far 
as  possible,  in  good  repair,  as  becometh  the  house  of  God. 
They  shall  see  that  it  be  prepared  for  public  worship,  and 
that  order  be  preserved  during  the  same;  that  suitable  books 
and  vestments  be  provided  for  the  services,  and,  when  neces- 
sary, the  elements  and  vessels  for  the  Holy  Communion. 

Sec.  4.  —  Treas2irer. — In  the  absence  of  any  other  appoint- 
ment the  Junior  Warden  shall  a6l  as  Treasurer  of  the  Parish. 

Sec  5.  —  Vestry  Meetings  hi  certain  Cases. — Should  the 
Re6lor  refuse  to  call  a  meeting  of  the  Vestry  it  shall  be  com- 
petent to  the  Wardens,  or  any  three  of  the  Vestry,  to  call  one: 
Provided^  that  the  Re6lor  shall  have  due  notice  of  the  same. 

CANON  XIII. 

CALL  OF  A  MINISTER. 

When  there  is  no  Re6lor  the  Vestry  shall  have  power  to 
call  a  Minister  and  to  enter  into  all  needful  stipulations  for 
his  support.  But  if  he  prefer  to  rely  upon  the  voluntary  con- 
tributions of  the  people,  he  shall  be  entitled  to  do  so;  and  the 
Vestry  shall  not  have  the  power  to  tax  the  sittings  for  that 
purpose  without  his  consent.  The  Rector  shall  not  have 
power  to  appoint  a  permanent  assistant  without  the  consent 
of  the  Vestry. 

CANON  XIV. 

LEGAL  POWERS  OF  THE  VESTRY. 

The  Vestry  shall  be  the  Trustees  of  the  Parish;  shall  have 
charge  of   all   the   secular   concerns  thereof;  shall  hold  the 


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1886.]  Canons. 


property  belonging  thereto,  and  shall  be  authorized  to  collect, 
invest  or  disburse  its  funds. 

CANON  XV. 

DISSOLUTION  AND  SUSPENSION  OF  PARISH EvS. 

S^C.  I.  In  case  of  the  dissolution  of  a  Parish,  the  propert}' 
belonging  to  the  same  shall  vest  in  the  Trustees  of  the  Dio- 
cese, in  trust  for  the  interests  of  the  Church  in  the  said  late 
Parish,  and  shall,  upon  the  bona  fide  reorganization  of  said 
Parish,  be  reconveyed  to  the  same. 

Sec.  2.  Whenever  the  penalty  of  exclusion  or  suspension 
from  lay  representation  in  the  Council  shall  be  inflicted  on  a 
Parish,  as  provided  in  Sec.  4  of  Art.  IV  of  the  Constitution, 
the  sentence  shall  specify  on  what  terms  or  at  what  time  said 
penalty  shall  cease.  » 

CANON  XVI. 

CONVOCATIONS. 

The  Diocese  may  be  divided  into  Missionary  Convocations, 
the  boundaries  and  names  of  which  shall  be  fixed  by  the 
Clergy,  with  the  consent  of  the  Bishop. 

CANON  XVII. 

REGISTRATION,   REPORTS,   ETC. 

Sec.  I. — Private  and  Parish  Registers. — It  is  hereby  or- 
dered that  each  Clergyman  of  this  Church  shall  keep  a  reg- 
ister of  all  the  baptisms,  marriages,  confirmations  and  fu- 
nerals Isolemnizediby  him,  as  well  as  of  all  the  baptisms,  mar- 
riages, confirmations  and  funeral^  within  his  Parish,  or  Cure, 
specifying  the  names  of  the  persons  in  each  instance,"]  the 
parentage  and  date  of  birth  of  those  baptized,  with  the  names 


24  DIOCESE   OF   EAST   CAROLINA. 


Canons.  [May 


of  their  sponsors  or  witnesses,  and  the  time  when  each  rite 
is  performed,  which  register  shall  be  transcribed  at  least  once 
in  each  month  into  a  book  to  be  provided  for  the  purpose  by 
the  Vestry  of  the  Parish. 

Sec.  2. — List  of  Comfmmicants^  etc. — It  shall  also  be  the 
duty  of  each  Clergyman  to  keep  a  list  of  the  communicants 
within  his  Cure,  and,  so  far  as  practicable,  of  all  the  fantilies 
and  adult  persons  within  the  same,  to  remain  for  the  use  of 
his  successor. 

Sec.  3. — Par'ochial  Reports. — Each  Clergyman  shall  report 
to  the  Bishop,  at  least  one  month  before  the  meeting  of  each 
annual  Council,  all  his  official  acts  from  the  close  of  his  last 
report  up  to  and  including  March  31st  preceding  the  Annual 
Council,  and  all  information  concerning  the  state  of  his 
'Pari&h,. according  to  the  following  form, 'specifying  the  place 
of  all  his  officials  acts  outside  his  CureTT.v 


REPORT  OF 

From  April  ist,  18 to  March  31st,  18 

Parish. 

Rector. 


Number  of  families 

Whole  number  of  souls 

Baptisms     Infants 

Adults 

Total 

Confirmations 

Communicants — Added  b}^  removal 

Added  by  admission . . , 
Whole  number  added. 

Removed 

Died 

Withdrawn 

Suspended 

Whole  number  lost.. 
Present  number 


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Canons. 


Marriages., 
Burials 


Public  services — On  Sundays 

Other  Days 

Holy  Communion — Number  times  administered  public 

"  "  "  private 

Sunday-schools — Number 

No.  Teachers — Males...;  females...;  total 

Other  officers 

Scholars — Males ;  females ;  total 

Parish  schools — Number  of 1 

Number  of  teachers 

ether  officers 

Scholars — Males ;  females ;  total  .. 

Other  Parochial  institutions 


CONTRIBUTIONS— WITHIN  THE  DIOCESE. 


Parochial — Communion  alms 

Missions 

Rector' s  salary 

Parish  expenses 

Miscellaneous 

Total 

Diocesan — Bishop's  salary 

Diocesan  Missions. 


Miscellaneous 


•A.- 


Total. 


CONTRIBUTIONS— WITHOUT  THE  DIOCESE  • 


Domestic  Missions, 

Colored  people 

Indian 


Foreign 

Miscellaneous.. 
Total 


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A 


Aggregate i  i|.. 


Churches — Number. . 

Chapels 

Sittings  in  churches 
Sittings  in  chapels... 
Rectory 


Estimated  value  of  church  or  chapel 

"  "  rectory 

"  '•  other  church  property. 


Total. 


Amount  of  indebtedness  on  church  property. 


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REMARKS. 


Note — This  report  to  have  a  printed  endorsement,  viz: 

REPORT  OF 


.Parish. 
.Rector. 


From  April   ist,   i8 ,  to  March  31st,  18. 


Sec.  4. — Reading  of  said  Reports. — The  said  reports,  or 
such  parts  of  the  same  as  may  be  designated,  with  the  ap- 
proval of  the  Bishop,  may  be  read  to  the  Council,  and  shall 
be  entered  upon  the  Journal  thereof. 

Sec.  5. — Reports  by  Wardens. — In  the  case  of  a  Parish 
without  a  Pastor,  it  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  Wardens  to  make 
the  Parochial  Report  required  by  this  Canon. 

Sec-  6.  —  Conununicants  to  be  Reported. — In  making  the 
above  reports  all  communicants  who  have  not  withdrawn  or 
been  repelled  by  the  proper  authority  shall  be  included. 

CANON  XVIII. 

SALARIES,   COMPENSATIONS,  &c. 

Sec.  I.  The  salary  of  the  Bishop  of  the  Diocese  is 
hereby  fixed,  as  heretofore,  at  two  thousand  five  hundred 
dollars  per  annum,  to  be  paid  by  the  Treasurer  out  of  the 
funds  in  his  hands  for  that  purpose. 

Sec.  2. — Officers'  of  the  Council^  etc. — The  Secretary,  the 
Treasurer,  the  clerical  members  of  the  Diocesan  Council,  and 
the  members  of  the  Standing  Committee  of  the  Diocese,  of 
the  Finance  Committee  and  of  the  Committee  on  Canons,  in 
acStual  attendance  upon  the  duly  called  meetingsof  the  bodies 
to  which  they  severally  belong,  shall  be  entitled  to  have 
their  necessary  expenses  incurred  by  such   attendance    paid 


DIOCESE  OF   EAST  CAROLINA.  27 


1886.1  Canons. 


out  of  the  funds  of  the  Diocese;  and  the  Treasurer  of  the 
Diocese  is  hereby  directed  to  pay  the  same  upon  the  personal 
application  (by  letter  or  otherwise)  of  said  parties,  accompa- 
nied by  a  certificate  of  the  amount  adlually  and  necessarily 
expended  in  each  instance.  But  no  clergyman  who  comes  to 
the  Council  after  the  first  day  of  its  session,  or  leaves  before 
its  adjournment,  shall  be  entitled  to  the  provisions  of  this 
se(5lion,  without  the  special  a6lion  of  the  Council. 

Sec.  3.  —  Clerical  Deputies. — Each  Clerical  Deputy  to  the 
General  Convention,  a(?tually  attending  the  same,  shall  be 
entitled  to  have  his  necessary  expenses,  incurred  by  such  at- 
tendance, paid  out  of  the  funds  of  the  Diocese.  And  the 
Treasurer  is  hereby  dire6led  to  pay  the  same  upon  his  appli- 
cation. 

CANON  XIX. 

ASSESSMENTS. 

Until  the  Permanent  Episcopal  Fund  shall  be  so  increased 
as  to  yield  a  sufficient  income,  to  provide  for  the  Bishop's 
salary  and  contingent  expenses  of  the  Diocese — There  shall 
be  Assessments  laid  upon  the  Parishes  annually  to  make  up 
the  deficiency. 

Said  Assessments  shall  be  according  to  such  scale  as  may 
be  adopted  from  time  to  time  by  the  Council  and  shall  be 
payable  in  quarterly  instalments  on  the  first  day  of  July, 
October,  January  and  April  in  each  fiscal  year. 

In  case  of  the  failure  of  any  Parish  to  meet  promptly  the 
payments  so  required,  it  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  Treasurer 
to  make  a  demand  for  the  same  from  the  delinquent   Parish. 

CANON  XX. 

COLLECTIONS  FOR  DIOCESAN  FUNDS. 

It  shall  be  the  duty  of  every  Clergyman  of  the  Diocese  to 


28  DIOCESE  OF   EAST  CAROLINA. 


[May 


call  on  the  Parishes  and  Mission  Stations  under  his  charge, 
for  contributions  ("by  collections  or  otherwise)  at  least  once  in 
every  quarter,  in  aid  of  the  current  Missionary  Fund;  and  at 
least  once  in  every  year  m  aid  of  the  Relief  Fund,  the  Stu- 
dents' Aid  Fund,  and  Church  Building  Fund,  and  to  see  that 
all  such  contributions  are  promptly  remitted  to  the  Treasurer 
of  the  Diocese. 

CANON  XXI. 

PERMANENT  FUNDS. 

Sec.  I.  The  principal  of  the  following  Permanent  Funds, 
with  all  additions  to  the  same,  shall  remain  inta6l,  and  only 
the  income  shall  be  applied  to  the  current  purposes  for  which 
such  funds  are  held,  namely, 

iGt.  The  Permanent  Episcopal  Fund  for  the  Bishop's 
salary  and  contingent  expenses  of  the  Diocese. 

2nd.  The  Clergy  Relief  Fund  for  relief  of  disabled  Cler- 
gymen, and  widows  and  orphans  of  deceased  Clergymen  of 
the  Diocese. 

3rd.  The  Fund  for  Education  of  children  of  deceased 
Clergymen  of  the  Diocese. 

Sec,  2.  The  income  of  the  Clergy  Relief  Fund,  and  of 
the  Fund  for  Education  of  children  of  deceased  Clergymen — 
including  all  contributions  in  aid  of  the  same  for  current  use, 
may  be  distributed  under  the  direction  of  the  Ecclesiastical 
Authority  of  the  Diocese. 

Sec.  3.  Any  surplus  remaining  at  the  close  of  each  fiscal 
year  from  the  income  of  any  of  the  aforesaid  funds,  or  from 
current  receipts  from  assessments  or  otherwise,  shall,  after 
payment  of  all  expenses  and  appropriations,  be  added  to  the 
Permanent  Fund  to  which  such  surplus  belongs. 


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1886.]  Canons. 

CANON  XXII. 

CLERGY  LIABLE  TO  MISSIONARY  DUTY. 

All  Clerg-ymen  of  the  Diocese  receiving  aid  from  its  mis- 
sionary funds  shall  be  liable  to  perform  such  missionary  duties 
within  the  Diocese,  as  may  be  prescribed  by  the  Bishop,  and 
the  amount  of  compensation  therefor  shall  be  fixed  from  time 
to  time  by  the  Executive  Missionary  Committee. 

CANON  XXIII. 

TRIAL  OF  CLERGYMEN. 

Sec.  I.  —  The  Prese7it'me7it. — Any  Clergyman  shall  be  lia- 
ble to  presentment  and  trial  for  false  doctrine,  immorality, 
disorderly  conduct,  violation  of  the  rubric^  of  the  Constitu- 
tion or  Canons  of  the  Church  in  the  United  States,  or  of  the 
Constitution  or  Canons  of  the  Church  in  this  Diocese. 

Such  presentment  shall  be  made  by  the  Vestry  of  the 
Parish  in  which  said  Clergyman  has  charge,  or  in  which  he 
resides,  or  by  at  least  three  male  communicants  of  the  Dio- 
cese, of  full  age,  or  by  two  or  more  Presbyters,  who  shall 
have  been  canonically  resident  therein  for  one  year. 

But  no  presentment  shall  be  made  in  any  case  of  any 
offence  alleged  to  have  been  committed  more  than  three  years 
before  the  date  of  the  presentment  :  Provided^  that  if  the 
accused  be  convicted  of  the  alleged  offence  in  a  civil  court, 
presentment  may  still  be  made  within  one  year  after  said 
conviction. 

Said  presentment  shall  be  made  to  the  Bishop  in  writings 
with  the  names  of  the  presenters  subscribed,  and  shall  dis- 
tinctly declare,  with  all  reasonable  specification  of  time  and 
circumstances,  the  nature  of  the  offence  or  offences  with 
which  the  said  Clergyman  may  be  charged. 


30  DIOCESE   OF    EAST   CAROLINA. 


Canons.  [May 


Sec.  2. — Public  Rtirnor. — But  although  no  such  present- 
ment be  made,  {{public  ritmor  charge  any  Clergyman  with 
the  commission  of  any  of  the  offences  above  enumerated,  the 
Bishop  shall  appoint  two  or  more  Presbyters  to  investigate 
the  truth  of  such  rumor,  and  if  such  investigation  prove  ad- 
verse to  the  Clergyman  so  charged,  the  said  Presbyters  shall 
make  the  presentment  as  above,  according  to  the  forms  a^ 
regulations  there  provided. 

The  presenters  shall,  in  all  cases,  assume  the  responsibility 
of  conducting  the  prosecution. 

Sec.  3. — Service  of  Pi^esentmejit — Constitution  of  Court. — 
Should  the  Bishop  be  of  opinion,  from  the  nature  of  the 
charge  or  charges  made,  that  the  presentment  contains  suffi- 
cient grounds  for  proceeding  to  trial,  he  shall  cause  a  copy 
thereof  to  be  forthwith  sent  to  the  accused.  He  shall  then 
give  notice  to  the  Standing  Committee,  who  thereupon  shall 
seleft  seven  Presbyters,  actually  and  canonically  resident  in 
the  Diocese,  from  whom  the  President  of  the  Standing  Com- 
mittee shall,  in  writing,  call  upon  the  accused  to  eledl  three. 
But  in  case  the  accused  refuse  or  negle6l  to  make  such  elec- 
tion within  ten  days  after  due  notice  as  aforesaid,  the  Stand- 
ing Committee  shall  make  the  said  eledlion. 

The  three  Presbyters  so  eledled  shall  constitute  a  court  for 
the  trial  of  the  accused,  and  shall  have  all  powers  necessary 
for  the  due  condudling  of  the  said  trial. 

Sec.  4. — Lay  Assessor. — The  Bishop  shall  appoint  a  mem- 
ber of  the  legal  profession,  who  shall  also  be  a  communicant 
of  the  Church,  as  Assessor  to  the  Court,  to  advise  the  Court, 
if  requested.,  upon  all  questions  of  law  which  may  arise  during 
the  trial. 

Sec.  5.  —  Time  and  Place  of  Trial  and  Notice  Thereof. — The 
Bishop  shall  appoint  a  time  and  place  of  trial,  and  shall  give 


DIOCESE   OF   EAST    CAROLINA.  31 


1886.]  Canons. 


at  least  thirty  days'  notice  of  the  same  to  the  members  of  the 
Court^  the  Assesso7^^  the  Presenters^  and  the  Accused^  at 
which  time  and  place  the  Witnesses  also  shall  be  notified  to 
attend. 

Sec.  6.  — Assembling  of  Court  and  Record  of  Proceedings.  — 
The  Court  shall  assemble  at  the  time  and  place  appointed, 
and  shall  proceed  to  examine  fully  the  charges,  and  shall 
keep  an  accurate  r^rcrrt' of  all  their  proceedings  and  of  the 
evidence. 

Sec.  7. — Nature  of  Evidence  and  Hozv  Given. — No  charge 
shall  be  considered  as  established  unless  proved  by  two  wit- 
nesses.^ or  by  one  witness  and  corroborati?ig  circumstances. 

Testimony  may  be  given  orally  before  the  court,  or  in 
writing,  upon  interrogatories  and  cross  interrogatories,  to  be 
previously  filed  with  the  Secretary  or  Registrar  of  the  Court. 
Any  one  or  more  of  the  witnesses  may  be  examined  on  oath 
or  affirmation,  on  the  requisition  of  either  party. 

Sec.  8. — Decision  of  the  Court  and  the  Sentence. — A  unaiii- 
inous  vote  of  the  Court,  on  one  or  more  of  the  charges,  shall 
be  necessary  to  the  convi6lion  of  the  accused;  and  if  their 
decision  be  adverse  to  the  accused,  they  shall  proceed  to  de- 
termine the  kind  and  degree  of  punishment  commensurate, 
in  their  opinion,  with  the  offence  or  offences  committed. 
They  shall  transmit  to  the  Bishop,  under  their  hand,  the  re- 
cord of  their  proceedings.  The  judgment  of  the  Bishop  on 
such  decisions  shall  be  final;  except  that  he  shall  have  no 
power  to  increase  the  punishment  recommended  by  the  Court. 

Sec.  9. — Suspension,  or  any  heavier  sentence,  shall,  ipso 
faSlo^  sever  the  connecflion  of  the  Clergyman  with  his  Parish. 

Sec.  10.  —  The  Record  to  be  Filed. — The  record  provided 
for  in  the  sixth  se6lion  of  this    Canon,    together  with    the 


32  DIOCESE   OF   EAST   CAROLINA. 


[May 


Bishop's    sentence   endorsed,   shall  be  preserved    among   the 
papers  of  the  Diocese. 

Sec.  II. — Notices. — For  the  purpose  of  any  notice  provi- 
ded for  by  this  Canon,  it  shall  be  sufficient  to  serve  it  either 
personally  or  by  leaving  a  copy  thereof  at  the  last  place  of 
residence  of  the  accused. 

Sec.  12.  —  Confession  of  an  Offence. — When  a  Clergyman 
shall  make  confession  to  the  Bishop  of  the  commission  of  any 
of  the  offences  enumerated  in  the  first  se6lion  of  this  Canon, 
the  Bishop  shall  proceed  to  infli(?t  such  ecclesiastical  censure 
or  punishment  upon  the  Clergyman  so  confessing  as  he  (the 
Bishop)  shall  think  right. 

Sec.  13. — Renunciation  of  False  Doctrine. — In  the  case  of 
any  accusation  of  false  doctrine,  a  remmciation  of  the  same, 
to  the  satisfadlion  of  the  Bishop,  shall  stay  all  further  pro- 
ceedings. 


DIOCESE   OF   EAST    CAROLINA.  33 


1883.  Rules  of  Order. 


]|ula$  nl  @rW. 


I.  upon  the  day  appointed,  the  Council  shall  assemble  at 
10  A.  M.  Should  it  appear,  upon  a  call  of  the  roll,  that  a 
quorum  is  present,  as  required  by  Art.  VI  of  the  Constitution, 
the  Council  shall  be  declared  organized  by  the  presiding 
officer,  and  shall  then  take  a  recess  for  the  opening  services 
as  diredled  by  Canon  11. 

II.  After  the  prescribed  services  the  Council  shall  reassem- 
ble and  proceed  to  the  eledtion  of  a  President  and  Secretary. 

III.  The  Standing  Committee  and  other  regular  committees 
as  directed  by  Canon  VII  shall  be  elected  or  appointed  as 
soon  as  practicable  after  the  organization  of  the  Council — ex- 
cept that  the  appointment  of  the  Committes  on  Canons  and 
Finance,  may  be  delayed  (not  later  than  the  morning  of  the 
second  day)  for  the  receipt  of  reports  from  committees  of  the 
previous  year. 

IV.  All  Special  Committees  shall  be  appointed  by  the  Pres- 
ident, unless  otherwise  ordered. 

V.  A  Treasurer  shall  be  elected  after  a  report  from  the  Fi- 
nance Committee. 

VI.  The  following  shall  be  the  regular  order  of  business, 
viz  : 

The  Bishop's  Address. 
Communications  from  the  President. 
Reports  from  the  Committee  on  Elections. 

Committee  on  New  Parishes. 

Parochial. 

Standing  Committee. 

Committees  appointed  at  the  last  Convention. 

Treasurer. 


34  DIOCESE    OF    EAST   CAROLINA. 


Rules  of  Order.  [May 


Finance  Committee. 

Committee  on  Canons. 

Committee  on  Unfinished  Business. 

Committee  on  the  State  of  the  Church. 

Trustees  of  the  Diocese. 

Trustees  of   the    University  of  the  South, 

Other  special  committees. 
Petitions  and  memorials. 
Motions  and  resolutions. 

VII.  After  the  President  has  taken  the  chair,  no  member 
shall  continue  standing,  except  to  address  the  chair. 

VIII.  Speakers  shall  address  the  chair,  and  shall  confine 
themselves  to  the  point  in  debate. 

IX.  No  motion  shall  be  considered  unless  seconded,  and,  if 
required,  reduced  to  writing. 

X.  When  the  President  is  putting  any  question,  the  mem- 
bers shall  continue  in  their  seats,  and  shall  not  hold  any  pri- 
vate discourse. 

XI.  When  a  question  is  under  consideration,  no  motion 
shall  be  received,  unless  to  lay  upon  the  table,  to  postpone  to 
a  certain  time,  to  postpone  indefinitely,  to  commit,  to  amend, 
or  to  divide;  and  motions  for  any  of  these  purposes  shall  have 
precedence  in  the  order  herein  named.  The  motions  to  lay 
on  the  table  and  to  adjourn  shall  always  be  in  order,  and 
shall  be  decided  without  debate;  and  of  these  the  motion  to 
adjourn  shall  take  precedence. 

XII.  If  the  question  under  debate  contains  several  distinct 
propositions,  the  same  shall  be  divided  at  the  request  of  any 
member,  and  a  vote  taken  separately,  except  that  a  motion 
to  strike  out  and  insert  shall  be  indivisible. 

XIII.  All  amendments  shall  be  considered  in  the  order  in 
which  thev  are  moved. 


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DIOCESE   OF    EAST   CAROLINA.  35 


1886.]  Rules  of  Order. 


When  a  proposed  amendment  is  under  consideration,  a 
motion  to  amend  the  same  may  be  made.  No  after  amend- 
ment to  such  second  amendment  shall  be  in  order.  But 
when  an  amendment  to  an  amendment  is  under  consideration, 
a  substitute  to  the  whole  matter  may  be  received.  No  pro- 
position on  a  subject  different  from  the  one  under  considera- 
tion shall  be  received  under  color  of  a  substitute. 

XIV.  In  voting  by  orders,  the  names  of  the  delegates  from 
each  Parish  shall  be  called,  and  each  delegate  shall  vote 
either  "Aye"  or  "No,"  and  the  majority  of  the  votes  of  the 
delegates  from  a  Parish  shall  determine  the  vote  of  such 
Parish,  and  it  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  Secretary  to  record  the 
names  of  the  voters  and  the  votes  which  they  respectively 
give. 

XV.  A  question  once  decided  shall  stand  as  the  judgment 
of  the  Convention,  and  shall  not  be  drawn  again  into  debate. 
A  motion  to  reconsider  any  vote  shall  not  be  in  order,  except 
on  the  same  or  succeeding  day  to  that  on  which  the  vote  is 
taken  .  Provided^  always^  that  a  vote  or  question  may  be  re- 
considered at  any  time  by  the  consent  of  two-thirds  of  the 
Convention:  Provided^  further^  that  no  motion  to  reconsider 
shall  be  made  on  the  last  day  of  the  Convention,  except  on 
a  vote  or  question  originally  taken  on  that  day. 

XVI.  The  reports  of  all  committees  shall  be  in  writing,  and 
shall  be  received  of  course,  and  without  motion  for  accep- 
tance, unless  recommitted.  All  reports  recommending  or 
requiring  any  action  or  expression  of  opinion  by  the  Conven- 
tion shall  be  accompanied  by  a  corresponding  resolution. 

XVII.  All  questions  of  order  shall  be  decided  by  the  chair 
without  debate,  but  any  member  may  appeal  from  such  de- 
cision. And  on  such  appeal  no  member  shall  speak  more 
than  once  without  leave. 


■1^6  DIOCESE   OF   EAST  CAROLINA, 


Rules  of  Order.  [Mav 


XVIII.  No  member  shall  be  absent  from  the  session  of  the 
Convention  without  leave,  unless  he  be  unable  to  attend. 

XIX.  When  the  Convention  is  about  to  rise,  every  member 
shall  keep  his  seat  until  the  President  leaves  the  chair. 

XX.  On  motion  duly  put  and  carried,  the  Conventioji  may 
resolve  itself  into  a  Committee  of  the  Whole,  with  or  without 
closed  doors,  for  the  purpose  of  discussing  such  subjects  as 
may  be  approved  by  the  Convention. 

The  Bishop,  with  the  Deans  of  the  Convocations,  may 
select  and  announce  subjects  for  discussion  :  Provided^  that 
if  the  motion  to  go  into  a  Committee  of  the  Whole  has  speci- 
fied the  subject  to  be  discussed,  that  subject  shall  first  be 
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